@jjp93 I completely agree with the same interest in CRAs as I find value in performing and monitoring trials that related to medical research. It's really interesting consolidating the data and analyz...

Posted by: @talha-chaudhry For the lecture this week, I was fascinated by the results of the study Dr. Simon referenced. The study asked employees why they stayed and worked at the company they are e...

Sponsors are an integral part of the project as they provide much for the resources required for the project to run. Thus, it is necessary to maintain strong ties and connections to sponsors or else e...

Posted by: @ama59 People leave work because of "limited recognition and praise" but they stay for "exciting, challenging work." If the work is interesting but there is no recognition, will people lea...

A large part of the reason why Americans put in substantially more work hours compared to other countries is due to the individual company cultures that the workers are situated in. This also varies f...

I would be an engineer for a few years to gain the technical experience necessary to understand the ins and outs of the industry. However, my true goal is to work with people so I would want to move i...

I think it is important to be positive and exude an encouraging and enthusiastic demeanor in order to motivate one's team mates as a project manager. Nurturing a positive work culture and atmosphere c...

Posted by: @ih37 A non-conforming material report (NCMR) is something that must get taken up with the current vendor to prevent the incorporation of defective equipment into a medical device project....

There are certainly benefits to employee retention mentioned above such as decreasing resources dedicated to employee training and recruitment costs. Other ways not mentioned is the benefit of prevent...

@gy66 I think that a thorough onboarding process when hiring a new member to fill a spot that is vacating is especially important. If this is not done well, then there can be clear gaps in knowledge t...

@ka234 Additionally, I find that in some companies, it falls on certain departments to take on the reactive, "firefighter" issues that are caused by other departments within the company. While working...

Like someone else said in this thread, if there are other members of the team that have skills that overlap with the one that is on maternity leave, they could take on some additional work load at the...

While problems in a project's lifecycle are inevitable, it is vital to have lanes of communication between all members on the team so that they can deal with such problems. A PM can do his/her best to...

@shuhrah-chowdhury As you mentioned its imperative for the PM to take into account the level of involvement their team members are in other projects. In this way, they can control scope creep and the ...

@shuhrah-chowdhury I agree with the statement saying that too much detail and being too specific can sometimes be a pitfall in the planning phase for a project. It is important for all members of a pr...